Scholarship has come to value the uncertainties haunting early modern knowledge cultures; indeed, the awareness of the fragility and plurality of knowledge is now offered as a key element of "Baroque Science". Yet early modern actors never questioned the possibility of certainty itself; in...

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Other Authors:	Badea, Andreea 1976- (Editor), Boute, Bruno 1975- (Editor), Cavarzere, Marco (Editor), Vanden Broecke, Steven (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2021]
Series:	Scientiae studies
Subjects:	Geschichte 1600-1700 Katholizismus Wahrheit Catholic Church / History / Modern period, 1500- Catholic Church / Doctrines Religion and science Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Scholarship has come to value the uncertainties haunting early modern knowledge cultures; indeed, the awareness of the fragility and plurality of knowledge is now offered as a key element of "Baroque Science". Yet early modern actors never questioned the possibility of certainty itself; including the notion that truth is out there, universal, and therefore situated at one remove from human manipulations. This book addresses the central question of how early modern actors managed not to succumb to postmodern relativism, amidst uncertainties and blatant disagreements about the nature of God, Man, and the Universe. An international and interdisciplinary team of experts in fields ranging from Astronomy to Business Administration to Theology investigate a number of practices that are central to maintaining and functionalizing the notion of absolute truth, the certainty that could be achieved about it, and of the credibility of a wide plethora of actors in differentiating fields of knowledge
Physical Description:	335 Seiten
ISBN:	9789463720526